Football: CU Buffs will play all games on Saturdays

Team will open Pac-12 schedule at Oregon State

Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre knew what opponents would be on the 2013 schedule and where he would face them when he was hired last month, but now he has specific dates for each.

The Pac-12 Conference released its full 2013 football schedule today with several interesting notes for Colorado fans.

The Buffs will play five games in November for just the fifth time in history and they won't play a weekday game for the first time in 17 seasons. CU has played either Nebraska or Utah on the Friday after Thanksgiving every year since 1996. Next season, the Buffs will play at Utah in the regular season finale on Saturday, Nov. 30.

After three non-conference games against Colorado State (Denver), Central Arkansas and Fresno State both in Boulder, CU will open Pac-12 Conference play on the road Sept. 28 against Oregon State. The Beavers are the only team in the conference the Buffs still haven't played because of the schedule rotation between north and south teams every two years.

MacIntyre's first season certainly won't be easy but it won't be as difficult as former coach Jon Embree's debut season in 2010 because MacIntyre's first CU team will have two bye weeks Sept. 21 and Oct. 19. Embree's first team played 13 consecutive weeks without a bye.

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The Pac-12 championship game moves from Friday night to Saturday for the first time and will be televised by ESPN or ABC instead of Fox.

Notable

Former CU safety Ray Polk is scheduled to play in the Raycom College Football All-Star Classic in Montgomery, Ala., on Jan. 19. Defensive lineman Will Pericak previously announced he would play in the East West Shrine game. ...None of Colorado's returning players have informed MacIntyre the intend to transfer.

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